Why did some people tolerate the Holocaust?

Answer 1

Hitler has been named one of the greatest speakers of all time, he had charisma, determination that Germany would prevail and overcome and the skills to bring the excited Germans to the forefront of the super Aryan race he visualized. He wanted a super race of Germans, all Jews exterminated. It was not until the last minute when the allies were appoaching that he realized he had lost,it all, and,in his bunker, shot himself and his dog, with mistress Eva Braun taking poison. This is what led to the expression that "even Hitler loved his dog." Hardly words to describe him. An intelligent psychopath with a vision of a planet inhabited by pure Aayran stock.

Answer 2

People in general was kept in the dark about the Holocaust. Many did not belive that it actually happened, even though there where rumors. Not even the allies could quite belive what was going on in the death-camps, Sorbibor, Treblinka etc. After the war the truth, however, came across. The extent to which Himmlers effective death-machine was so unbelievable, thet, even today, there are those that still deny it ever happened. But, unfortunately, it did happen! --
People went along with Hitler because he promised that he would sort out the country and things like the holocaust but he didn't in the end, he encouraged the holocaust; practically made it up

Answer 3

Hitler came to power largely because the German people were in terrible shape, financially and emotionally. They had suffered a humiliating defeat, lost the respect of the international community, and were now suffering from enormous economic failures.

After the signing of the Treaty of Versaille, Germany had to pay massive reparations to other countries for starting World War I. This lead to what is called hyper-inflation - the value of the German mark kept getting weaker and weaker against other currencies. The government kept attempting to fix the problem, but in some cases actually made the situation worse. Remember that this time period (between 1919 - 1933), the Great Depression hit the United States, and impacted all economies, but especially Germany because the United States was supporting their economy so they could recover quicker.

The people were frightened, hungry, and had lost all confidence in their government leadership. Hitler preached to them that the German people really weren't At Fault for WWI, that they could recover and re-establish their nation as a world leader.

Like a drowning man, they clung to the only man who said they could save them. Once Hitler became Chancellor, he quickly used brute force to crush any opposition to his ideas - it literally became dangerous to disagree with him.

One of the blessings of America is that we don't have to fear that - anyone can openly disagree with any official policy or adminstrator, even the president, without fear of reprisal. If you had attempted that in Hitler controlled Germany, you or your family could be sent to a concentration camp, where many people died.

So they started with hope, quickly moved to fear, and then finally despair. A tragic story.

The original thing that Hitler told people was that he promised hope and change. It sounds convincing, correct? Hitler convinced people that sweeping out many of the nation's ethnic groups what change and make the world a better place.

Eventually, the idea was turned into the people known as the Nazis, who thought Hitler was leading them in the right direction, when however, it was the wrong.

I hope this helped.

Answer 4

Hatred can make people do the most terrible things, making them blind for what they are doing. In this case I think they didnt even see them as human anymore making it 'easier' to just kill them.

Answer 5

because they were obviously as sick and twisted as he was!